UNIONVILLE - The Community Vikings had their hands full with the quickness and 3-point shooting of the Stewart County Rebels in their Region 6-AA quarterfinal game Saturday night.

The Vikings survived a last second Rebel miss in regulation and came from behind with the final eight points in overtime to defeat the Rebels 57-50.

Community (20-7) used seven points from Jackson Bailey and six points from Will Reed to take an 11-6 lead with a 6-0 run in the opening quarter.

The Vikings ended the quarter with a 15-11 lead.

Bailey added five points in the second quarter as the Vikings used their height and passing to score several high percentage points.

The Rebels cut the Viking lead to 22-21 before Community ended the half with a 26-23 advantage.

The Vikings started the third quarter in good fashion with a 7-0 run to take a 33-23 lead.

Evan Petrie scored seven points as Community took its biggest lead at 37-26 with 3:22 left.

The Vikings could only score one more point the rest of the quarter and took a 38-31 lead to the fourth quarter.

The scoring problems continued for Community in the quarter as Stewart County took the Vikings out of their offensive flow.

Meanwhile, Landon Dennis scored five points as the Rebels battled back.

The Vikings led 42-35 before Stewart County tied the game at 44-44 with 2:35 remaining.

The final minute on the clock would last for several minutes as six timeouts were used.

After a Rebel miss with 59 seconds left, the Vikings called three timeouts on their next possession.

Community could not get a shot off as a charging foul gave the ball to the Rebels with three seconds left.

After three timeouts of their own, the Rebels took the potential game-winning shot from close range with one second remaining.

The Viking defense altered the shot, causing a miss and forcing overtime.

Maki Fleming started the overtime with a 3-point play to give the Vikings the lead, but treys by Weston Wallace and Dennis gave the Rebels a 50-49 lead with 2:00 left.

Bailey came up big with a field goal at the 1:11 mark to put Community up for good 51-50.

After the Rebels failed to score on their next possession, the Vikings held the ball into the waning seconds with their slim one-point lead and received a break with 12 seconds left.

On the Viking inbounds play, a Stewart County player made contact with the ball before it had been thrown in, resulting in a technical foul. Reed made the two technical foul shots and connected on four other free throws in the next 10 seconds as Community survived to play another day.

Reed and Bailey each scored 14 points to lead the Vikings while Petrie added 12.

Dennis led the Rebels with 23 points.

Free throws were key as the Vikings connected on 13-of-16 at the charity stripe, including 7-of-7 in the overtime, while Stewart County was 2-of-4.

Community will advance to the semifinals of the Region 6-AA tournament and will host Marshall County Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Marshall County defeated Fairview in its quarterfinal game.

***Coach Robbie Davis of the Vikings on Stewart County

I preached it to our guys that these guys go, go, go, for 32 minutes. They're the hardest playing team that I've ever had to coach against in my coaching career. Their offense fits what they do and they're good at. They're disciplined and they're really physical, and physical legally.

***Davis on his team's 11-point lead in the third quarter

We made the mistake of putting it in neutral. Because that's how games have been lately. When we get that lead, we just kind of go back and forth.

***Davis on the final minute of regulation

We wanted to make sure we took the last shot. We got the charge and it was a good call. Our guys defended their last shot. They talked well, they contested it, and we took it to overtime.

***Davis on his team doing the things needed to win in a close game after losing seven regular season games by 17 points

Those regular season games that are non-district are learning games and we treat them as such. Those seven games were like that where we had the lead and lost it. The other teams made the plays and we didn't. Hopefully, that's what paid off tonight for us.

Stewart Co. 11 12 8 13 6 - 50

Community 15 11 12 6 13 - 57

Stewart Co.: Landon Dennis 23, Will Page 9, Weston Wallace 7, Jayce Powell 5, Eli Bogard 2, Aden Houston 4, Gavin Smith.

Community: Will Reed 14, Jackson Bailey 14, Evan Petrie 12, Stratton Lovvorn 7, Jacob Cooper 3, Maki Fleming 7, Emery Smith.

3-Point goals: Stewart Co. (8): Dennis 4, Wallace 2, Page, Powell; Community (2): Lovvorn, Cooper.

Halftime score: Community 26, Stewart Co. 23.